Check Out an Award Winning Book

Over the past few weeks, the winners of three major book awards have been announced. Yesterday the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize was awarded to Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng for his novel The Garden of Evening Mists. Eng’s novel takes place in post-World War II Malaysia, where a survivor or a Japanese work camp finds solace in a Japanese garden. The judges called it "a novel of subtle power and redemptive grace." Read more here.

Just a day earlier, the Story Prize was awarded to debut author Claire Vaye Watkins for her collection Battleborn. Her contenders were the very popular and celebrated authors Dan Chaon (Stay Awake) and Junot Díaz (This Is How You Lose Her). Read more here.

In late February, the winners of the prestigious National Book Critic Circle Awards were also announced. Here are the winners in all categories:

This week the longlist of nominees was announced for the 2013 Women's Prize for Fiction (until recently known as the Orange Prize). I’ll write about it next week, but if you can’t wait, you can view the list here.